Family Guy Ringtones

Due to its below-the-belt and crass humor style, Family Guy didn’t get away with some lawsuits filed within the year of 2007.

Famous comedian Carol Burnett filed a lawsuit of copyright infringement against 20th century Fox on March 2007. She claims that her character as a cleaning chairwoman was used on the television show without her consent.  She also said that Fox has abused her publicity rights. A $6 million worth of damages was demanded by Burnett. But on 4th of June of the same year, United States District Judge Dean Pregerson dumped the lawsuit because the spoof was protected by the First Amendment, using Hustler versus Falwell case as an example.

Another copyright infringement lawsuit was filed on the 3rd of October 2007 by Bourne Co. Music Publishers. The lawsuit was addressed against Seth MacFarlane, 20th Century Fox Film Corp., Cartoon Network, Fox Broadcasting Co. and composer Walter Murphy. Bourne Co. Music Publishers claims that the show used the song “When You Wished upon a Star” to a imitation song that has a title of “I Need a Jew” which was used in the “When You Wish upon a Weinstein” episode. The Bourne Co., whom has the exclusive rights for the said original song claims that the “I Need a Jew” song was obviously an imitation of their music only with anti-Jewish lyrics. The lawsuit demands unspecified damages and the cessation of the distribution of the program Family Guy. This case is not be protected by the First Amendment because “I Need a Jew” really used the copyrighted song without giving credit to the owner.

The third copyright infringement lawsuit was filed by the actor/comedian Art Metrano on December 2007. The lawsuit is about a specific scene in “Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story”. The scene shows Jesus using Metrano’s original “magic” act with ridiculous imitation of magical hand motions while humming the familiar tune “Fine and Dandy.” The actor pleads that the performance is covered under terms of the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976.

Peter Gilligan Griffin who is voiced by Seth MacFarlane in a Rhode Island accent is the head of the Griffin household on the animated series called Family Guy. Peter Griffin who is 43 years old is married to Lois,and they have a daughter named Meg, a two sons Chris and Stewie and a dog named Brian. He resides in Quahog, Rhode Island and works at Happy-Go-Lucky Toys where he makes toys and is employed by Mr. Weed. His favorite place to hang out at is The Drunken Clam with his friends Cleveland and Quagmire.Peter is a very unintelligent, immature person that enjoys doing things such as farting in his daughter Meg’s cereal and wiping boogers in her hair. He even took an I.Q. test that indeed confirmed that his intellect is slightly above being mentally retarded.

Besides being fat, accident prone, and a heavy drinker, he is in good health.

Peter gets randomly interrupted in episodes when a giant chicken comes out of no where and him and Peter begin to physically fight. Peter is the one who is always winning the fights, leaving the giant chicken dead however, you do see the chicken move a tiny bit showing that he is still alive for him to come back and interrupt him yet again.

Peter Griffin has made some guest appearances on some other shows other then Family Guy. He made a guest appearance on the animated series, The Simpsons because they think that Family Guy is a rip off of The Simpsons. Robot Chicken, South Park, and Late Show with David Letterman were also other shows that Peter Griffin has appeared on.

Seth MacFarlane does many things such as being a singer, screenwriter, animator, comedian, actor, producer, and a composer. What Seth MacFarlane is best known for is being the creator of Family Guy and American dad.  He credits his inspiration to a number of comedians, citing Jackie Gleason as a big part of his growing view on what is funny.He not only created and produced Family Guy, but he also voiced several characters such as Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin, Peter Griffin, Tom Tucker, and Glenn Quagmire.

Family guy made it’s first television show appearance on January 31, 1999.  The random breaks in the show that go into a completely unrelated joke skit are what people either love or hate.  Although not adding to the story line directly, these small skits give the show many of the big laughs that fans tune in for.  Given the fact these can be interchangeable, there will never really be a shortage of ideas to continue to add the the spice of the Family Guy series. A family guy video game was also released in 2006. Seth MacFarlane also takes his casts members on the road so that he can voice his characters in front of a live audience. This gives the fans a chance to hear the future scripts that would be coming out. Family guy has been cancelled twice off of the air but because of the strong support that the fans put out with buying the DVDs, Fox reconsidered and put them back on.  Seth MacFarlane speaks at different universities throughout the United States. Seth is also the highest-paid producer and writer in history. Reportedly he is being paid $100 million by Fox T.V. Seth MacFarlane has received two Emmy awards for all of his vocal performances that he has done on Family Guy.

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